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Kounde and Jacquet establishes five year succession plan at right back, along with Giovanni Leoni In August 2025, Liverpool signed Leoni for £26m, poaching him from Serie A outfit Parm, but he sadly suffered an ACL tear after impressing hugely at the start of the season. While Konate struggled with his own injuries, missing a total of 36 games in his five years at Anfield, even he had better luck with injuries than Joe Gomez, who is still at Liverpool with another year on his contract.

Kounde would deliver that missing class and experience while also answering the right back question at Liverpool At 27, Kounde is in his peak with several years of potentially elite-level performance remaining in his career. In his 423-game long career, Kounde has played 250 games in central defence and 151 at right-back.

Not only is Kounde a very attractive centre-back option, he also provides a similar profile to Gomez, given his ability to play to high levels at right back as well. He can operate from either position, and then if necessary he can move to centre-back to right-back – and vice versa – if transitions expose Liverpool in one of those areas.